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Back On The Chain Gang Chords by The Pretenders

Back On The Chain Gang chords by The Pretenders

Guitar chords with lyrics

D   A   G   G        D   A   G   G
D   A   G   G        D   A   G   G

D           A              G      Bm        G
  I found a picture of you,       ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
D          A                      G        Bm     G
  Oh, what hijacked my world that night
D                   A                    G       Bm     G
To a place in the past we've been cast out of, ohh oh oh
D    A                       G       Bm     G
Oh,    now we're back in the fight

Em                   A           Em      A
   We're back on the train, yeah
Em   A                 D        A     D    A
Oh,  oh, back on the chain gang
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D           A              G      Bm        G
Circumstance beyond our control, ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
D          A                      G        Bm     G
Oh, the phone, the TV, and the news of the world
D                   A                 G         Bm      G
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, ohh oh oh ohh ohh
D    A                       G       Bm     G
Threw sand in our eyes, and descended like flies

Em                    A           Em     A
   Put us back on the train, yeah
Em    A     Em     A
Ohhh, ohhhhhhhh
            D           A     G     G
Back on the chain gang

D   A   G   G        D   A   G   G   D  D

Dm    A             Dm      A                          Dm
  The powers that be   that force us to live like we do
Dm    A                                  Dm                 A
  Bring me to my knees when I see what they've done to you
Dm           A                               Dm                  A
And I'll die as I stand here today,knowing that deep in my heart
Dm    A                     Dm          A               A
      They'll fall to ruin one day, for making us part

E    B    A    C#m   A

E           B              A      C#m        A
  I found a picture of you,       ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
E              B                         A       C#m     A
  Oh, those were the happiest days of my life
E          B                         A       C#m        A
  Like a break in the battle was your part, ohh oh oh ohh ohhh
E        B                           A       C#m     A
Oh, in the wretched life of a lonely heart

F#m                   B           F#m   B
   Now we're back on the train, yeah
F#m   B                 E        B
Oh,   oh, back on the chain gang

E       B (x8)

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Note that the modulation at the bridge continues for the remainder of the song.

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